Modern Wisdom Christmas Special - Reflecting On The Wildest Year - #723

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Hello everybody, welcome back to the show. It is a Modern Wisdom Christmas Special. 2023 has been wild, and I'm back on my old couch in Newcastle with Jonny and Yusef and George Mack to catch up on their favorite lessons from the past 12 months, plus their best new hacks and plans for 2024 Expect to learn why you need two duvets to improve your sleep when sharing a bed, the new productivity system that everyone now uses, except for me, what you can learn about using a fitness tracker without actually buying one, which app Yusef uses over 400 times a day, why all five of my top songs this year were from the same artist, and much more. As you'll hear, it is oddly nostalgic to be back where this podcast very first started. The first ever episode that I worked with Video Guideen on was in April of 2018, in that same room, similar looking couch, but slightly different. Yeah, it's really nice to be home. I hope that you are suitably enjoying the Christmas wind down. And if you do want to go and see us in all of our festive glory, wearing pretty crap Christmas jumpers, to be honest, you can go and watch it on YouTube. But if not, I really hope that you have a fantastic festive period. This is a great time of the year to just let go a little bit of the need to be productive, allow yourself to wind down. And if you do need a review process for the new year, you can go to chriswillx.com/review. It's completely free. It's the process that I followed every year for the last four or five years, I think. And you can go and pick that up at chriswillx.com/review. And that's kind of it. One of my favorite purchases over the last two years has been my cold plunge from the team over at plunge.com. They are the gold standard when it comes to cold therapy. You may have heard Joe Rogan and Andrew Huberman talking about the benefits of repeated cold exposure. And it is real. You feel so amazing after you've done it. And the improvement in your mood is insane. So if you've been thinking that you want to get started doing cold therapy, but you cannot be bothered going to the store to get yourself ice every single time you need to do it. This is for you. Also, they've just released their own sauna, which is ridiculously high quality as well. And we are bouncing between the two doing what's called contrast therapy, which makes you feel even better. So, yeah, if you're looking to make a change, if you're looking to get yourself a cold plunge or a sauna for your house, this is the place to go. Best of all, they've got a 30 day money back guarantee, so you can buy it and try it for 29 days. And if you do not like it, they will give you your money back. Go to plunge.com to get your cold plunge and sauna today with $150 off your purchase by using the code MW150 at checkout. That's plunge.com and the code MW150 at checkout. Look, we're nearly at Christmas. You probably need to get somebody a present and that person who continues to use their old face shaver for trimming their gentleman's area is the prime target for the Manscaped Lawnmower 5 Ultra. It's their fifth generation trimmer, which features standard trimming blade for taking a little off the top and a new foil blade to go for that smooth finish wherever your heart desires. It's also got dual LED spotlights so that you can trim in the dark perhaps, or if you're a particularly crevicey person and it is waterproof so you can use it in the shower. So if you're going to get someone a present for Christmas, this would be a fantastic option. And it's also a little bit of a hint, you know, maybe you're a bit hairy than you should be. Here's a gift. Come on, get a trim. You can get 20% off and free shipping right now by going to manscaped.com/modernwisdom and using the code modern wisdom at checkout. That's 20% off and free shipping at manscaped.com/modernwisdom and modern wisdom at checkout. This episode is brought to you by Surfshark VPN. Protect your browsing online and get access to the entire world's Netflix library for less than the price of a cup of coffee per month. If you use a public Wi-Fi network like a cafeteria or a library or an airport, regularly that internet admin can see all of the data going back and forth between your computer and the internet. Your internet service provider is selling your data to companies that target you with ads and phishing websites are trying to steal everything from you at all times. All of this is fixed with a VPN and it is available across unlimited devices. So it protects your phone, your iPad, your laptop and even your smart TV. And it's got a 30-day money back guarantee. So you can buy it and try it for 29 days. And if you do not like it, they will give you your money back. Head to surfshark.deals.modernwisdom for an exclusive discount. Plus that 30-day money back guarantee. That's surfshark.deals.modernwisdom.